A-Z Databases

About

The Library subscribes to various databases that assists our users in finding relevant and current information for their research or assignments. Some of our databases are SFX-enabled. This means that when conducting a search in an SFX-enabled database you will see SFX buttons (above) or links next to citations. The SFX link may also be labelled as 'OpenURL'. When you click on the SFX/OpenURL button or link, an SFX menu will open in a new window, displaying a list of online services which may be available for that citation, such as linking to fulltext or to holdings in the library's catalogue. See also the SFX Frequently Asked Questions page.

Notice to Users

Use of many of these resources is governed by license agreements which restrict use to the UWC campus community. Any access codes provided to users to access resources (e.g. for remote off-campus use) are not for distribution or sharing. Codes are to be kept confidential and are not to be posted in any public area.

It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use these products for individual, noncommercial purposes. Users may not copy, reproduce, distribute, alter, repackage or adapt the licensed products below or prepare derivative works based upon the licensed products, or otherwise infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights of the publishers of the licensed products. Users may not systematically download any portion of any of the licensed products below.

Trial Databases

Proquest Trials

Periodicals Archive Online: Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post: This historical newspaper collection provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Counseling & Therapy Package: features applied training materials that help today's counseling students, faculty, and practitioners put theory into practice. The award-winning resources included in the channel offer more than 2,000 hours of training videos, conference sessions, and footage of actual therapy session and 100,000 pages of transcripts, client narratives, and reference works.

Education in Video: Education in Video is a two-part collection that is growing to include more than 1,600 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. The collection enables education students to observe the intricacies of behavior, tone, facial expression, and body language that define effective teaching styles, and includes a wealth of ready-to-use teaching aids.

EBSCOhost Trials

Business Source Ultimate (via EBSCOhost)Business Source Ultimate offers an unprecedented wealth of peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.

Food Science Source(via EBSCOhost)This extensive full-text database is designed to support the informational needs of the food industry at all levels. It offers cover-to-cover content for hundreds of publications all directly dealing with food industry-related issues.

Political Science Complete(via EBSCOhost)Designed specifically for students, researchers and government institutions, this full-text database covers political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.

Religion and Philosophy Collection(via EBSCOhost)This database is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies, providing a full-text source of content pertaining to the topics related to and discussed in disciplines of religion and philosophy.

EBSCO TRIALS END: 31 August 2018.

Login Problems

Off campus access to University resources using the Ezproxy website is often hampered by incorrect passwords or access restrictions for the service.

In an attempt to assist with the strain on staff resources, the ICS team has created a new password management portal for students and staff. The site is reasonably self explanatory and the prerequisites are stated up front on the site homepage.https://mypassword.uwc.ac.za

Please note that users must be able to log in to their UWC assigned email account before they can use this system to change their password. A link is emailed to their UWC email address which enables them to change their password.

Access restrictions are still in place on the ezproxy service. Some of these are noted below:

If a username exceeds the use of 500 MB of data within 12 hours, the username gets blocked for 12 hours. The username will then be automatically cleared for access after 12 hours.

A username gets blocked for 60 minutes if the incorrect password gets used 20 times within 24 hours. The username must not be use for 60 minutes only then will the username automatically be cleared for access.

The ip address of the computer gets blocked for 15 mins if the incorrect password gets used 10 times within 5 mins. The user should not attempt to log in for 15 mins and then the ip address will be automatically cleared for access.